Weather Records on 17 January 1942

601 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 January 1942. Highest significance: Nainital, IN.

Key Facts for 17 January 1942

On 17 January 1942, 601 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
292 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 592 daily.
Nainital set a monthly record daily precipitation of 181.4 mm (7.1 in) on 17 January 1942.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

601 stations

601 station records on 17 January 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 January 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nainital	India	Record daily precipitation	181.4 mm (7.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Thakurdwara	India	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Budaun	India	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bhogpur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnaur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sambhal	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chatarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sidhi	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atraula	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Karnaprayag	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pithoragarh	India	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bansdih	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Banjar(Saraj-Teh)	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Peermade Residen	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nagina	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Roorkee	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kessariah	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mau	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dehradun	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Raipur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Handia	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pauri	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saidpur Bhitari	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buxar	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Muhammadpur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rajpur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hussainabad	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ranikhet	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Muhammadpur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Palampur	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kangra	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Najibabad	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mukteshwar Kumaon	India	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vredefort (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beaconsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marhaura(Amnar)	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dhampur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moradabad	India	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bironkhol	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dehra Gopipur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Muzaffarnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chaukuri	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hardwar Mayapur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

601 records

Records set or tied on 17 January 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 63, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 229, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 263, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 17 January 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	63
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	229
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	263
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 17 January 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 592.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

525 broken records

Margins by which the 525 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 January 1942

Top 20 records on 17 January 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 January 1942	Nainital, IN	monthly rain	181.4 mm (7.1 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	22 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 January 1942	Thakurdwara, IN	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1942	Budaun, IN	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1942	Bhogpur, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1942	Srinagar, IN	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1942	Gunnaur, IN	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1942	Sambhal, IN	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1942	Chatarpur, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1942	Sidhi, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1942	Atraula, IN	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1942	Karnaprayag, IN	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1942	Pithoragarh, IN	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1942	Bansdih, IN	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1942	Banjar(Saraj-Teh), IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1942	Peermade Residen, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1942	Nagina, IN	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1942	Roorkee, IN	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1942	Kessariah, IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1942	Mau, IN	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1942	Dehradun, IN	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1795 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1942. 1942 had 601 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-17 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1802	1
1804	1
1805	2
1809	1
1812	1
1820	1
1826	2
1828	1
1838	2
1845	3
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	2
1883	3
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1893	5
1894	5
1895	3
1896	4
1897	6
1899	5
1900	5
1901	1
1902	4
1903	3
1904	9
1905	2
1906	19
1907	38
1908	10
1909	13
1910	21
1911	49
1912	8
1913	66
1914	13
1915	19
1916	47
1917	32
1918	37
1919	45
1920	148
1921	70
1922	25
1923	122
1924	278
1925	184
1926	118
1927	144
1928	309
1929	118
1930	942
1931	130
1932	489
1933	203
1934	120
1935	444
1936	377
1937	196
1938	323
1939	375
1940	566
1941	644
1942	601
1943	1,086
1944	333
1945	511
1946	1,089
1947	354
1948	613
1949	566
1950	731
1951	535
1952	773
1953	531
1954	632
1955	303
1956	431
1957	1,040
1958	555
1959	760
1960	657
1961	537
1962	625
1963	537
1964	450
1965	1,180
1966	275
1967	423
1968	400
1969	526
1970	931
1971	871
1972	884
1973	1,147
1974	1,327
1975	647
1976	717
1977	2,352
1978	1,458
1979	1,182
1980	601
1981	821
1982	1,899
1983	592
1984	888
1985	988
1986	848
1987	1,375
1988	751
1989	745
1990	1,986
1991	776
1992	958
1993	1,685
1994	1,805
1995	1,186
1996	1,353
1997	791
1998	832
1999	775
2000	1,060
2001	744
2002	505
2003	764
2004	1,245
2005	682
2006	1,055
2007	1,911
2008	1,114
2009	851
2010	876
2011	972
2012	847
2013	643
2014	548
2015	489
2016	458
2017	1,002
2018	1,273
2019	582
2020	828
2021	375
2022	1,022
2023	808
2024	1,585
2025	586
2026	370

Download the Data

Data for records on 1942-01-17: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	480
20 to 40	41
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1